Sentence examples for monstrous excess from inspiring English sources

LONDON — Britain is gearing up for a monstrous excess of pomp and overindulgence this weekend to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Yet perhaps there was something different about the Namibian story, a further kind of monstrous excess which did not only echo colonial patterns but offered a terrible foretaste of what was to come within Europe itself 40 years later.

After a tedious interlude for the FA Cup and the monstrous excess of the January transfer window, this weekend, the Premier League was back once again with the ill behaviour.

Its final worldwide gross – $1.84bn – was monstrous, far in excess of any previous film on inflation-unadjusted charts (and this week's 3D release will top that up).

Just as "The Walking Dead," "Breaking Bad" and "Scandal" provide a window into our fears about annihilation, greed and the consequences of venal ambition, the Victorians used sensational literature, sagas about wayward women and monstrous tales of excess to process their fears about modernization, industrialization and a society that was changing in terrifying and exciting ways.

These characters are monstrous studies in sybaritic excess.

How did this man keep getting work?The unorthodox pathAccounts of the fall of empires often focus on the monstrous egos, vanities and excesses of out-of-touch dictators.

We were careening down monstrous waves at speeds in excess of 30 knots.

(A monstrous CTS-V producing in excess of 550hp is expected to bow in 2014).

But these benign bubbles can transmutate into monstrous headaches if consumed to excess.

Now, in a memoir with David Ritz, "Howling At the Moon: The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess," he writes about his fall from grace.